Casting Tom Noonan and having him refer to the belief that he was "evolving" only make the similarities to Silence of the Lambs that much more evident (in Manhunter, a "semi-prequel" to Silence of the Lambs, he played a psycho killer who believed he was "becoming").

Casting Tom Noonan and having him refer to the belief that he was "evolving" only make the similarities to Silence of the Lambs that much more evident (in Manhunter, a "semi-prequel" to Silence of the Lambs, he played a psycho killer who believed he was "becoming").

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Heck, hasn't this guy made a career out of playing a "serial killer"? I guess he's just got that sort of mug that says "hey, I'm a creepy dude..."

not according to a particularly gross "Breaking Bad" themed episode of Mythbusters

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Actually....

[Mythbusters spoilers]

When they used piranha etch (sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide), it completely dissolved the pig into a black sludge. Two problems, though. One was that it released a huge amount of vapor -- a truly staggering amount that would not have been practical in a motel room. Second, the resulting black sludge looked quite thick.

Perhaps if the Stewmaker had cut the body into dozens of small pieces, and the motel had a decent exhaust fan in the bathroom, he could add one small piece at a time and the exhaust fan could handle the vapor. That still leaves the black sludge. Perhaps it could be diluted with a lot of water to become thin enough to go down the drain. But then, for each piece, he would have to wait for it to dissolve, then run a lot of water to dilute it, flush it down the drain, and then put more piranha etch in the bathtub. So perhaps it would be possible, but it would take hours and hours.

Late catching up on my viewing but I was very happy to see Tom Noonan on my TV again- during his first scene with wig and dog I screamed "Frances Dolarhyde!"
He is one of my most favorite villains of all time.
What makes it even creepier is that I still find him attractive in a kind of enthralling sort of way, so I guess that makes me creepy, too.